rebatir

See also: rebâtir

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ batir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rebaˈtiɾ/ [re.β̞aˈt̪iɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: re‧ba‧tir

Verb

rebatir (first-person singular present rebato, first-person singular preterite rebatí, past participle rebatido)

to refute or contest
rebatir la teoría ― refute the theory

rebatir las acusaciones ― deny the accusations
(fencing) To parry

Conjugation

Conjugation of rebatir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			rebatir
gerund			rebatiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rebatido		rebatida
		plural		rebatidos		rebatidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rebato	rebates^{^tú} rebatís^{^vos}	rebate	rebatimos	rebatís	rebaten
	imperfect	rebatía	rebatías	rebatía	rebatíamos	rebatíais	rebatían
	preterite	rebatí	rebatiste	rebatió	rebatimos	rebatisteis	rebatieron
	future	rebatiré	rebatirás	rebatirá	rebatiremos	rebatiréis	rebatirán
	conditional	rebatiría	rebatirías	rebatiría	rebatiríamos	rebatiríais	rebatirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rebata	rebatas^{^tú} rebatás^{^vos²}	rebata	rebatamos	rebatáis	rebatan
	imperfect (ra)	rebatiera	rebatieras	rebatiera	rebatiéramos	rebatierais	rebatieran
	imperfect (se)	rebatiese	rebatieses	rebatiese	rebatiésemos	rebatieseis	rebatiesen
	future¹	rebatiere	rebatieres	rebatiere	rebatiéremos	rebatiereis	rebatieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rebate^{^tú} rebatí^{^vos}	rebata	rebatamos	rebatid	rebatan
	negative		no rebatas	no rebata	no rebatamos	no rebatáis	no rebatan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of rebatir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rebatir	dative	rebatirme	rebatirte	rebatirle, rebatirse	rebatirnos	rebatiros	rebatirles, rebatirse
with infinitive rebatir	accusative	rebatirme	rebatirte	rebatirlo, rebatirla, rebatirse	rebatirnos	rebatiros	rebatirlos, rebatirlas, rebatirse

with gerund rebatiendo	dative	rebatiéndome	rebatiéndote	rebatiéndole, rebatiéndose	rebatiéndonos	rebatiéndoos	rebatiéndoles, rebatiéndose
with gerund rebatiendo	accusative	rebatiéndome	rebatiéndote	rebatiéndolo, rebatiéndola, rebatiéndose	rebatiéndonos	rebatiéndoos	rebatiéndolos, rebatiéndolas, rebatiéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative rebate	dative	rebáteme	rebátete	rebátele	rebátenos	not used	rebáteles
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rebate	accusative	rebáteme	rebátete	rebátelo, rebátela	rebátenos	not used	rebátelos, rebátelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative rebatí	dative	rebatime	rebatite	rebatile	rebatinos	not used	rebatiles
	accusative	rebatime	rebatite	rebatilo, rebatila	rebatinos	not used	rebatilos, rebatilas

with formal second-person singular imperative rebata	dative	rebátame	not used	rebátale, rebátase	rebátanos	not used	rebátales
with formal second-person singular imperative rebata	accusative	rebátame	not used	rebátalo, rebátala, rebátase	rebátanos	not used	rebátalos, rebátalas

with first-person plural imperative rebatamos	dative	not used	rebatámoste	rebatámosle	rebatámonos	rebatámoos	rebatámosles
with first-person plural imperative rebatamos	accusative	not used	rebatámoste	rebatámoslo, rebatámosla	rebatámonos	rebatámoos	rebatámoslos, rebatámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rebatid	dative	rebatidme	not used	rebatidle	rebatidnos	rebatíos	rebatidles
with informal second-person plural imperative rebatid	accusative	rebatidme	not used	rebatidlo, rebatidla	rebatidnos	rebatíos	rebatidlos, rebatidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative rebatan	dative	rebátanme	not used	rebátanle	rebátannos	not used	rebátanles, rebátanse
with formal second-person plural imperative rebatan	accusative	rebátanme	not used	rebátanlo, rebátanla	rebátannos	not used	rebátanlos, rebátanlas, rebátanse

Derived terms

irrebatible